police van in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for police van in the English»French Dictionary

police van N

police van

fourgon m cellulaire

police van

panier m à salade inf

Translations for police van in the French»English Dictionary

fourgon cellulaire

police van Brit

car de police

police van

Translations for police van in the English»French Dictionary

van [Brit van, Am væn] N

1. van MOTOR:

van (small, for deliveries etc)

fourgonnette f

van (small, for deliveries etc)

camionnette f

van (larger, for removals etc)

fourgon m

2. van Am (camper):

van

autocaravane f

van

camping-car m

3. van (vanguard):

van

avant-garde f

to be in the van of

être à l'avant-garde de

I.police [Brit pəˈliːs, Am pəˈlis] N

1. police + vb pl (official body):

the police (gen)

la police

the police (in France outside cities)

la gendarmerie

to be in the police

être dans la police

to assist the police with their enquiries euph

être interrogé par la police

to assist the police with their enquiries attr action, involvement, intervention, protection

de la police

to assist the police with their enquiries raid, car, operation, vehicle

de police

to assist the police with their enquiries presence, escort

policier/-ière

2. police U:

police (men and women)

policiers mpl

police (in France, outside cities)

gendarmes mpl

II.police [Brit pəˈliːs, Am pəˈlis] VB trans

1. police (keep order):

police area

maintenir l'ordre dans

2. police (patrol):

police area, frontier:

surveiller

3. police (staff with police):

to police a demonstration/a match

organiser le service d'ordre pour une manifestation/un match

4. police (monitor):

police measures, regulations

contrôler l'application de

police van in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for police van in the French»English Dictionary

fourgon de police

police van

Translations for police van in the English»French Dictionary

van¹ [væn] N

1. van Brit (vehicle):

van

camionnette f

2. van Am (commercial vehicle):

van

véhicule m de fonction

3. van Brit (rail carriage):

van

fourgon m

van² [væn] N no pl

van abbreviation of vanguard a. fig

in the van

à l'avant-garde

See also vanguard

vanguard [ˈvængɑ:d, Am -gɑ:rd] N no pl a. fig form

vanguard

avant-garde f

to be in the vanguard of sth

être à l'avant-garde de qc

van³ [væn] N Brit inf

van SPORTS abbreviation of advantage

van

avantage m

See also advantage

advantage [ədˈvɑ:ntɪdʒ, Am -ˈvæ:nt̬ɪdʒ] N a. SPORTS

advantage

avantage m

what's the advantage of doing that?

quel intérêt y a-t-il à faire ça?

to give sb an advantage over sb

avantager qn par rapport à qn

to take advantage of sb/sth a. pej

profiter de qn/qc

to one's own advantage

à son avantage

I.police [pəˈli:s] N pl

the police in town

la police

the police outside towns

la gendarmerie

police department Am, police service Brit

service m de police

police inspector/commissioner

inspecteur/préfet de police m

police intervention

intervention f de police

II.police [pəˈli:s] VB trans

1. police (officially control and guard):

police

maintenir l'ordre dans

2. police (control and regulate):

police

contrôler

to police oneself

se faire la police

3. police MIL:

police

contrôler

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The selfie taken in the back of a police van.

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